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in the suffering of his wife, meghan. theres widespread condemnation of the storming of brazils congress by supporters of former president, jair bolsonaro. and history is about to be made here in cornwall, when later this evening the uk will be launching a rocket to send satellites up into space. and coming up on the bbc news channel, roberto martinez has been appointed as the new manager of portugal. the former everton boss left his role with belgium after the world cup. good afternoo...

after claims he helped the then prime minister borisjohnson secure a loan before getting the bbcjob. more than 20,000 nhs workers have begun another strike over pay, manning picket lines across much of england and wales. claims of a toxic culture of sexism at the welsh rugby union as former staff tell their stories. i need to know that i have done one thing right with my life! and tipped for an oscar, we speak to brendan fraser about a new film portraying a man living with obesity. and...

who started school after the first covid lockdown. researchers in the uk say blood that has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people, in a world—first clinical trial. it could help scientists manufacture rare blood groups. the head of the united nations has warned the cop27 climate conference in egypt that nations must co—operate in the effort to reduce global emissions — or perish. antonio guterres decribed the progress made since last years gathering in glasgow as wo...

well have the latest from justin rowlatt at the summit, where the prime minister rishi sunak hasjust been speaking. also on the programme... five years after the fire at grenfell tower, which claimed 72 lives, the official public inquiry is drawing to a close. many rail services are still badly disrupted despite a series of planned strikes being called off. how fast could you run in your slippers when you were a kid? laughter. and, peter kay announces his long—awaited return to stand...

this is bbc news — its newsday. its 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 8:00pm in new york, where world leaders are taking part in a un meeting which is already being dominated by ukraine. russias invasion was always going to be at the top of the agenda, but events on tuesday have brought the war into even sharper focus. officials in russian controlled areas in the east and south of ukraine have announced snap referendums onjoining russia. it appears to be part of a push by moscow ...

ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing as some people are still thought to be missing, eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation — but are describing what happened as "a tragic accident". the explosion happened at an applegreen service station in the village of creeslough. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page report...

where the skies are clear and the winds are light, east anglia and the south—east. some of the countryside is close to freezing tomorrow. it will feel cold but a lot of sunshine continues during the day. northern ireland and scotland, the rain moves through with strong winds, even severe gales in the western isles. some of the rain reaching cumbria and anglesey in the afternoon. most of england and wales will be dry and a touch milder here. the headlines. police say ten people have b...

conditions and for some of us wintry showers as well. we are in this cold air mass, the wind coming in from the arctic. that is the picture for the arctic. that is the picture for the next few days, but notice these yellow colours waiting in the wings and that will sweep in during the end of the week. but now still quite a lot of clout in the east midlands and anglia and a few rain and showers coming out of that and more snow showers coming in, even to lower levels, in scotland, northe...

good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news channel. a serving metropolitan police officer has admitted hes a serial rapist who carried out sex attacks over almost two decades. pc david carrick, a member of the diplomatic protection squad, has pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including 2a counts of rape. the met has apologised to his victims, after it emerged it missed warnings about his behaviour over a long period of time. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has more. david carrick...

this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. king charles prepares to host a buckingham palace reception for the dignatories in london who are here to attend queen elizabeths funeral tomorrow. president biden is among the hundreds of world leaders now in london for mondays funeral service at westminster abbey. ill be speaking some of the tens of thousands who already have. in other news, millions of people in south western japan have been evacuated a...